Burning Shrine

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Soldiers carrying weapons and torches walk solemnly past a glaring shrine

Each scarr’d and faded visage shone,
As round the burning shrine they came!—
How deadly was the glare it cast,
As mute they pass’d before the flame

Artist

Name:: Tenniel, John
Dates:: 1820-1914
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Dalziel, the brothers
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Lalla Rookh: an Oriental romance
Author:: Moore, Thomas
Publisher:: London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861
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Soldiers wearing coat of mail and carrying weapons and torches walk, solemn and grave, past a circular shrine alight with flames.

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